Escutcheon plate and handle assembly



May 14, 1935. lA-L F, KElL 2,001,666

ESCUTCHEON PLATE AND HANDLE ASSEMBLY Filed Feb. 27, 1955 24K 24 b v INVENTOR N Smit? Patented May 14,1!7355I l f l y y l Unire-D1' STATES PATENT (iF-FICE;

ESGUTCHEON'v PLATE AND HANDLE- ASSEMBLY Henry F. I iel, Scarsdale, Y., assigner to Francis, Keil & Son, Inc.,` acorporation oi New York Application February 2i, 119.33, serialfNc. 658,698

4k c1i'tiinaj. V (01,16f125) This inventionrelates to al lock construction Figure 3 is a horizon-tal sectional View taken andY more.particularly` tothe faceplate of' a locl alODg the lilflev 3-.3- 0fl Figure 1, and and; its: associated. parts as Wn. as a method Gf'- Figure 4 is a perspective viewv ci one ofr the partsassembling constructions of this general nature. COmPISlIlg Illy-invention 5; One ot the objectsoy this invention is to pro.- Similar reference. characters refier-A to similar. 5j

vinel ar lock plate.' construction which willi be simparts-.throughout the Several vieWS- Off the dieW- ple, practical.androf'vr inexpensive manufacture: ing.' Y Another obtie'ct isftoprovide. a construction of" Asi COIldllCl/e t0 a Cleeel? Understanding 0ftheebovc character whose individual parts arev certain features 0f this invention it might here I characterized by pronounoedisimplicity andwhose be. pointed out thatvconstructions of. this general l()i parts, may beassembled.with` ease- Another 0bnature have been characterized by a pronounced. jectis.- tot provide a construction of the above COmDleXty of: structure and a large number Of character wherein several of the parts thereof lndlVd-llal Darie- Nl Only SthS et deeided irlcoact in a reenforcing capacity to increaseina- COlVellleDCe in assembling after Shipment but,

terialiy'the. strength of the entireistr-ucture; AnailSO, theigi'eaitzmlmbel O'DarlfSiIlVOll/CS.heDeCeS- l5 I rotlireriobject` is 'toiprovide a construction of the Sl'ly: 0f' a' correspondingly high number Of 01361111#` above characterinwhich the seveiaiparts when` tiene temeniifeeture theconstruetierie. Furtherdisassembiccimayhepacked into asrnaii-sna'ec and! more Sucha largeiiumberof leerte.v increases the.' accordinglyshipped` in acompacativeiysinaii and d ifeultiee Off Shipment end the possi-bility of 10s,-v inexpensive Cari-,0n Another Object-,s is to; py'oa ingl oner or more of; thel parts during shipment.l 20A ducea construction ofthefabove character Wherebel" Still?. il? haesvvbenfound in: practice' that inithc total number of pai-ts is reduceci'to a minitheseeeiistiuetions even-though built from e large niinnfthuc.facilitatingA4 quick assembly. nnic'thet` number 0f parte, areL immensi respecte andi Objectis-11:0. produce: a construction ofthe above Subjeli tQdamege While in. 1156-' @De 0f. the Verl*-k 25, characterl which will be light .and at the same Olie Objects of this; invention; istev provide e @0.111 v time 'verystrong'. Anotherl object is tof produce- Stllllilll' Wlllgl, the S-eVeTail d lmllllfiesllfeln: @construction of the above.- character whereinl be; mentioned; aSJWQlleS. mnyf Ol/hBTSiiTe elle: manyfofftheparts may beformedfrom sheet met- CSSfS-lllly and* PlaiG/liilly @Vecfm aie without sacrificing durability andy strength. Reielfiirie @wie Figure Ziheireeiiewri e, ieee 3o, ahothenoiojeotistoprovidea method. of assemplete generally indicatedeit til: havingv e border 3o.

bly' for a. construction of: the lal; :ve. character f llg: ll' @Xlildilg Olltwdly and? eilwald'ly which may be. practiced with caseario eniciencyv. from the main plane thereof (Figure 1;). As better Another .object is to provide a method" of the. fllQWl Fgllila. Emiel" U0 P lOYle all. ieper* about: character. which may be practiced' byl those bulle; l'2 f Ollled lll'illelllpel @1,1615 of, pleite l@ all@ having little, experience in the art. Other objects-1 Q; Sllll'fblf' Sitz?. QI the reception 0f the key le 35-` wiliiioein part, obvious and in part pointedvv out, eiviiie.- per-tien Qf a 100k: Sirueiuie Secured to hereinafter, plate Ijl) inv-a manner to be described hereinafter Thev invention accordingly consists,4 in the feaiS @handle generellriiidieeted 'et I3 and plete iii Qf GQ11511131()tion, combinationsiof elements, 31.59. h@ LQlmedtherein a Series 0f' SCTeW llOleS 40-v arrangements; of` parts and in the. several. stepsy glllll'ildmad al? '4 and Preferably 30111193?" 40 and, relation and order of. eachv of the same to AC-odl-ngl plale la may belostoned one or more of the others, allY as Will: be illus- We?? the 109k. ccon-strucctlop. m a door or tha like, tratively described herein, andthe scope of; the @pdf-segue@ m s u-h posltlon by SQTQWS passmg application on which wiii be indicated in the foimou@ .holes A S-O- ?h-a't handle my mused i 45,l lowing clams'; fer creeme. and Closingthe floor, whiie the. key 45 n irithelacompanying drawingiin which isshown reelvmg portlo'n'orl the lock 1S exposed shrough f aperture l2; as described above., (me. Ofi the Various' @S51-ble' embodlments of my Turning back to Ei'gure 2 the oppositeends of ihreritieei handle l;3 ;j are preferably reduced toorrn a pair Fi ure 1 is a rear elela'tionv of my 100kplate of studsgtgand I, Suitable apertures il: and t8, 5o`

l a'si @entail-.n portions thereof are :ff01'1x| e(;1cijn plate IQ Soethazt Studs l5A and isI 4 'bQlUS-blqlen. away? rnaMex-tend"therethrough and above the rear Eigureg av vev1 "t ic i t l V sectional 'perspective View surface ofA the plate. Thus when studs l5 and I6` teken Substantially' along the line. 2.-.-2- of FigaA are inthe position shown in Figure 2, theend nonY 55,3 ure 11;' tions, lil-a;v andi! 3110i handle I3` rest Hush againstl V55.-.

. so that'itV cannot be accidentally displaced.

the front side ofplate IU. j Preferably formed on the opposite sides ofstuds I5 and I5 are pairs of slots I9` and 20 respectively, these slots being spaced from end portions I'Sa and |3b thus being immediately above the rear surface of the plate v I when the parts are in the position shown in Figure 2. Y c

Turning'to Figure 4, thereis shown a fasten# ing Vpart generally indicated at 2|. Part 2| is preferably channel Vshaped thus having a pair of flanges 22 and Y23 upon its opposite sides.y

Formed in the base portion ofjpart2| are two bottle shaped apertures generally indicated at 24 and 25. Thus apertures 24 and 25 comprise large portions 24a and 25a and neck:portions 24h and 25D. The upper portion of part 2| as viewed in Figure 4, is narrower than the main body portion thereof thus to allow these `portions 23a and 22a of flanges 2'2 and 23 to extend away `fromthe .base thereof a greater distance than do flanges 22 and 23 forthe greater-part of their-length. Y

Accordinglypwhen.assembling this lock plate construction, handle I3 is placed in the position shown in Figure 2 so that studs I5 and I6 extend through apertures '|'I and I8 andend portions |3a and |32) lie flush against thel front face of plate III. Next, fastening part 2| is placed over? the studs so that the studs extend through portions '24a and 25a of apertures 24 and 25. Now when fasteningpart 2| is forcedvdownwardly, as viewed in Figure 2, neck portions 24h and 25h of apertures 24 and 25 slide into interlocking enf gageinent .with slots I5 and 20 as better shown in' Figures 1 and 3. A Y

Accordingly by this simple operation which may be easily performed. even without the assistance of tools, the handleY I3v is 'securelyatf ftached to plate I0 with no possibility of acci` vided inthe door for studs |5 and |6 as well as flange portions22a `and 23a and their associatedY parts, the edges of border flange I and flanges 22 and 23 may rest flush against the door thus acting to reenforce plate I0 against any lateral bucklingfor bending. Y Y

As more clearly shown in vFigures Zand 4, the

Vupper portion of fastening part 2|"has formed therein an aperture 26 between flange portions 22a and 23n and in registry with an aperture 2'| in face plate Ipwhen the partsV` are lin the- `'above-described assembled position.` Extendingthrough apertures 26 and 21 is a thumblever generally indicated at 28. A pair of aligned holes' 29 and 30 areprovided in flange portions 22a and 23a V(Figure 4) and extending therethrough and through thumblever 28 is a pin 3| provided with a suitable Cotter pin 32 for holding it in its'assembled position; Accordingly thumb lever 28 pivots about pin 3| thus to actuate various parts of the lock construction by way 'of portion 28@ which is in association with these parts. .Fur-4 thermore, lever 28 when in position locks fastening 'part 2| in its downward or fastening position It Willnow become clear that I have provideda lockV construction v chiefly characterized `by the simplicity of its construction and the 'unity of its various parts. For example, `'handle-I3 maybe secured to plate l0 by the simple operation of slipping fastening part 2| into the position shownV in Figures 1 and 2. Y After thumb lever 28 has been Vsecured in position, the assembly is com-V plete and not only are the parts locked into their normal positions but, also, theyl act in a reenf forcingcapacity to strengthen the plate l0. Also the number of individual parts required for this construction is very small thus making for easy and convenient shipment aswell as 'ease of assernbly.v I

Preferably plate I0 as well as part 2| is formed Vfrom a suitable sheet metal material. Thus these4 parts may be stamped, or otherwise formed in a convenient andveconomical manner, and, due to the reenforcing action of part 2| (more particumains unusuallvstrongalthough formed from a comparatively weak material'.

' It willthus be seen that I haveprovided a thoroughly practical ,and efficient construction in Awhich the several VVobjects hereinabovev men-V tioned aswell as many others are successfully and practically accomplished; y

As many possible embodiments may be Vmade of the mechanical'features'of the -fabove invenl-VV tion andV asu the lart herein, Adescribedmight be varied in various parts, all without` departing fromthe scope of the inventiomit istobeunderstood that all matter-hereinabove'setforth-orv shown inthe accompanying drawing is to beV interpreted as illustrative and not in a'limiting sense.Y y

I claim: Y,

1.',In a, latch construction, in .combinatioman escutcheon plate having ai flanged border adapt-1 ed to rest against the surface-.ef a* door or. .the like, said plate having a pair of 'spaced apertures larly anges'22 and 23) the total structurev rein substantial alignmentfa handle-.having two.,l

reduced ends extendingthrough Vsaid apertures,

a part having flanges Aupon `itslongitudinal Vsides and keyholes in substantial alignment with Vsaid ends, said part resting `against the under face of said plate so that the narrow portions of `said keyholes interfit with said slots, theedges of saidl flanges `and said `border being in substantiallyy the same plane and hence 'rest kagainst the surface ofsaidA door, therebyto hold said `plate` against distortion out` of its plane by pushingforces exerted upon saidhandle, and a lock lever` extending throughV said plate'V and said part and pivotally connected to said'part; said lock lever in extending through saidplate locking -said "part against longitudinal movementv thereof and thus preventing .disengagementV of Ythe narrow `por-Y tions of said keyholes from' said slots. i

2. In a latch'construction, in combinationan escutcheon plate 'havingaV hole, a handleseveral portions of which extend through said plate, said portions having slots formed on one side thereof,"

a fastening element havingv bottle shaped aper-l ends, said fastening element adapted to slide along said plate so that the neck portions of said apertures 'come into. interftting engagementwith said slots, said element having' a hole thatis inf registry with said first-mentioned hole when saidelement is slid intoV said interflttin'g engagement with said slots, and a locklever extending through said registeredholesand pivotally connected to -saidV element, wherebysaid lever "prevents movement of said fastening element out of interiitting engagement with said Slots.

ro said endshaving slots upon theiropposite sides, Y

turesithe.largerportionsof which t over saidv 3. In a latch construction, in combination, an escutcheon plate having a hole therein and an aperture spaced therefrom, a handle resting against the front face of said plate and having a portion extending through said aperture, a part on the other face of said plate and having means whereby upon relative movement between said part and said portion of said handle said part interengages with said portion to prevent withdrawal of said handle from said plate and whereby said part is secured against said other face of said plate, and a latch lever supported by said part, said latch lever passing through said hole in said plate and thereby Vpreventing relative movement between said part and said portion of Vsaid handle and .thereby locking these elements against disengagement. t

4. In a latch construction having a plate, a

handle having its opposite ends extending through said plate, said ends having slots formed therein, and a part having two holes in substantial registry with said ends and adapted to fit over said ends, said holes being formed with narrow portions so that said part may slide into interlocking engagement with said slots in said ends, the combination therewith of means for locking said part against sliding relative to said plate in a direction to disengage said parts from said' slots, said said endswhen said construction is in assembled relation.

' HENRY F. KEIL. 

